The Monument to the People’s Heroes stands in the center of Tiananmen Square, north of the Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao. Four hundred and sixty three meters south from Tiananmen, and four hundred and forty meters north from Zhengyangmen, Monument to People’s Heroes coincides with the south-north center axis. The Monument to the People’s Heroes, together with Tiananmen and Zhengyangmen form a harmonious and consistent building complex.
On September 30 of 1949, the first China People’s Political Consultant Conference brought up the idea of building a monument in Beijing, capital of China, o commemorate the people’s heroes in modern Chinese history. At 6 p.m. of the same day, the ground-breaking ceremony was held, in which delegates led by Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 to 1976, broke ground, laying the cornerstone of the monument. The construction of Monument to People’s Heroes was started on August 1, 1952 and completed on April 22, 1958. On May 1 of 1958, the inauguration ceremony was held. In 1961, it was designated as one of China’s foremost protected relics.
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